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Author:   Daniel Costea
Publisher:   Manning Publications
Imprint:   Manning Publications
Weight:   0.535kg
ISBN:  

9781633435568

ISBN 10:   1633435563
Pages:   450
Publication Date:   31 May 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

PART 1: GETTING STARTED WITH MICROSOFT SEMANTIC KERNEL  1 SUPERCHARGING TRADITIONAL PROGRAMMING WITH GENERATIVE AI  2 BUILDING YOUR FIRST PROJECT WITH SEMANTIC KERNEL  PART 2: EXPLORING SEMANTIC KERNEL FUNDAMENTALS  3 MEETING THE KERNEL OF SEMANTIC KERNEL  4 BUILDING CONTEXT WITH CHAT COMPLETION AND ADVANCED PROMPTS  5 ASSEMBLING BUILDING BLOCKS WITH NATIVE AND SEMANTIC FUNCTIONS  6 AUGMENTING PROMPTS WITH KERNEL FUNCTIONS AND PLUGINS  17 FUNCTION CALLING WITH MANUAL PLANNING  8 FUNCTION CALLING WITH AUTOMATIC PLANNING  PART 3: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES AND INTEGRATION WITH SEMANTIC KERNEL  9 SAFEGUARDING THE KERNEL FUNCTIONS WITH FILTERS  10 PROVIDING LONG-TERM MEMORIES WITH RAG  11 EXPLORING OPEN SOURCE LLMS  PART 4: EXPLORING ADVANCED SEMANTIC KERNEL FEATURES  12 CRAFTING AI AGENTS USING AI ASSISTANTS  13 DESIGNING COLLABORATIVE AGENTS WITH PATTERNS AND STRATEGIES  APPENDICES  APPENDIX A: INSTALLING SEMANTIC KERNEL  APPENDIX B: PERSONA-ACTION-CONTEXT-TEMPLATE (PACT) PROMPTING FRAMEWORK  APPENDIX C: NATIVE AND SEMANTIC PLUGINS 

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Daniel Costea is a Microsoft MVP and veteran engineer known for empowering developers with cutting-edge .NET skills. With two decades building enterprise IoT, ML, and AI solutions, Daniel brings energetic clarity to every page. He distills his deep experience into actionable patterns that help readers deliver reliable, innovative software fast. 

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